Why are we paying extra for people to destroy our clothing?

For christmas, my roomate got me a Who shirt because I had a class with her, and I'd always walk in after listening to the Who and tell her "Once these guys get discovered, they are gonna be big." So she saw a shirt at hot topic and it cracked her up so she got it.

The shirt is nice, but the logo was purposely destroyed. Am I suppose to try to trick people into thinking that I got it at Sal Val for 3 bucks? nope, Hot Topic 18 bucks.

My girlfriend also has a leather coat that looks like ass, and she says it's suppose to look like that. She could have bought one cheaper and let the dog eat portions of it first.

Your girl friend shops at Hot Topic? What is wrong with her?
Her leather coat is suppose to look like crap? I have never heard that one before. Is it old and just happens to look like that? Or did it come like that just like how you can now buy pre-faded jeans now? I recon I don't understand these things anymore. People go way out of their way these days in order to look a certain way
It humors me to see people shopping at places like Hot Topic and other such places for their pre-packaged sub culture needs.

I go to Hot Topic for the band shirts, plain and simple. Nothing wrong with that, despite what some people may think.

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I used to buy band shirts there too whem I was like 16, then I got older and wiser. Most of the band shirts they have their are complete bullS**T. As said before, many are bootlegs. Plus they charge too much, and you have some goofy looking goth guy/girl asking if you need help. On top of that, the selection of shirts is horrible. They usually have 2 or 3 good bands only. Hot Topic is just a pre-packaged sub culture store. You can find much better/cheaper shirts online.

Anyways I like to go to thrift stores for clothes. I can walk in with 20$ and walk out with enough clothes to last me the winter. The pants i'm wearing now probably cost about 40$-50$ in the store, and I bought them for a $1.50. Sure they are used, but the way I look at it, they are just broken in. I hate the way brand new clothes look anyways. And if I stain them/tear them no big deal, only cost a couple of bucks. The jacket I have probably cost over 100$ originally, and I paid 5$ for it. More money that will go towards bass stuff, and other things i'm not of liberty to talk about (because i'm so punk )

I don't shop at any of those kinds of stores, neither does my wife or 15 year old son.

We prefer to buy new clothes, and keep them looking that way as long as possible.

-Mike

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Ditto, I'm still wearing clothes I've had for 8 years. But the problem is, my dresser is overflowing because my gf will decide every now and again that I need some type of article(s) of clothing and buying it, and I have nowhere to keep them.

I remember the day I lost faith in society was the day that I went to school wearing my torn-up Levi's (it was a pair I didn't wear much to begin with, not much of a loss if I didn't like how it came out) and a trendwhore in one of my classes is wearing pre-torn-up Abercrombie jeans. I spent $20 on mine ($15 for the jeans, $5 for the Xacto knife that I needed for other things as well), and she spent probably $80 for hers. :scowl:

Random Basser said:

I go to Hot Topic for the band shirts, plain and simple. Nothing wrong with that, despite what some people may think.

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Like others have said, Hot Topic even sucks for band shirts. Buy online, much better selection for better prices. The only place I know of (and have bought from) is Rockabilia, but they unfortunately don't sell anything for Alice in Chains.